Apple releases iCloud for Windows 4.0, iAd Producer 5

updated 03:07 pm EDT, Thu September 18, 2014

by MacNN Staff

Former gets Windows users iCloud Drive ahead of Macs

Apple has issued v4.0 of iCloud for Windows, the client needed for Windows users to sync content such as email, bookmarks, and photos with iCloud. The v4.0 software is a major update, bringing support for iCloud Drive, Apple's Dropbox-like file storage service. Significantly, this means that Windows users are getting access to the feature ahead of Mac owners. It first became an option with iOS 8's debut on Wednesday, but won't hit OS X until Yosemite appears at some point in the next month.

Once the update is installed and a user signs in with their Apple ID, an iCloud Drive folder should appear in Windows Explorer, enabling direct access to iCloud files. Otherwise, those files can only be reached by apps with iCloud hooks.

Other changes simply improve My Photo Stream and iCloud Photo Sharing. The update has yet to appear on Apple's website, but is already available through Apple Software Update.

The company has meanwhile launched iAd Producer 5.0. The development app now supports creating iTunes Radio ads for iTunes on the desktop, and has been given revised coding tools with features like code completion, syntax highlighting themes, and inline syntax error warnings. Share sheets and iTunes Store views can be integrated into ads, and the software supports the new ad sizes permitted by iOS 8.

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What you failed to mention: you can now use iCloud Drive with Windows 7 or 8 - but you CANNOT use iCloud Drive with the current, most recent release of OS X... Mavericks.

This is just slightly bizarre. Apple has no problems holding back features from an iOS release for a month or two if they're not ready, but they happily ship this junk. People won't be able to sync their iCloud files for a month (if they are willing to upgrade to Yosemite in the first place). Totally fine with Cupertino. Could they have done an iCloud Drive Update for Mavericks and iOS 7? Sure they could have. But they were probably busy readying that feature for Windows.

Exactly what Jeronimo said! I didn't upgrade to iCloud Drive because of the warning that I need Yosemite to access it, which I do not have and won't for another month or so. the good news is the iOS 8 devices still see my iWork docs without the iCloud drive update. I hope that helps others!

I'm still on Mavericks for both my desktop and laptop, and my Pages, Numbers, and Keynote applications on those machines can still open, save, and edit existing iWork documents that I've stored on iCloud.

Not sure what the issue is here other than not being yet able to use the Dropbox-style iCloud Drive functionality. Upgrading to iCloud Drive certainly didn't take any functionality away from any of my devices, unless I'm just not looking in the right place.

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